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 176 THIRTY·SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch., 90., 1853. hundred dollars; and the said supreme and district courts, respectively _ Clerks ¤¢` dis- shall possess chancery as well as commoxrlaw jurisdiction. Each district m“ °°“‘J" court, or the judge thereof, shall appoint its clerk, who shall also be the register in chancery, and shall keep Ibis office atithe place where the Erwr, Gm- court may be held. Writs of error, bills of exception, and appeals, shan be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said district court to the supreme court under such regulations as may be prescribed by law; but in no case removed to the supreme court shall trial by jury be Clsrks of ¤¤~ allowed in said court. The supreme court, or the justices thereof, shall p"’m° °°u"' appoint its own clerk, and every clerk shall hold his office at the pleasure Error and ap· of the court for which he shall have been appointed. Write of error, gggnffigitfggg and appeals from the hnal decisions of said supreme court, shall be md Sums_ allowed, and may be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner and under the same regulations as from the circuit court of the United States, where the value of the property, or the amount in controversy, to be ascertained by the oath or affirmation of either party, or other competent witness, shall exceed two thousand dollars, and in all cases where the constitution of the United States, or acts of Congress, or a treaty of the United States, is brought in question; jurisdiction of and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same d'“m°* °°“m· jurisdiction in all cases arising under the constitution of the United States and the laws of said Territory, as is vested in the circuit and district courts of the United States; writs of error and appeal in all such cases shall _ be made to the supreme court of said Territory the same as in other 1 Lhisugause iis cases. Writs of error, and appeals from the final decisions of said ,,,,8 ffcvfn ° supreme court, shall be allowed and may be taken to the supreme court of the United States in the same manner as from the circuit courts of the United States, where the value of the property, or the amount in controversy, shall exceed two thousand dollars, and each of said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the constitution and laws of the United States, as is vested in the circuit and district courts of the United States; and also of all cases Fm. arising under the laws of said Territory, and otherwise. The said clerk shall receive in all such cases the same fees which the clerks of the district courts of the Territory of Oregon receive for similar services. AW>1‘¤¤Y· Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed an attorney for said Territory, who shall continue in office for four years and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President, and who shall receive the same fees and salary as is provided by law for the attorney of the United States for the Terri- M¤»1’¤h¤l· tory of Oregon. There shall also be a marshal forthe Territory appointed, who shall hold his office for four years and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President, and who shall execute all processes issuing from the said courts when exeroising their jurisdiction as circuit and district courts of the United States; he shall perform the duties, be subject to the same regulation and peualties, and be entitled to the same fees, as are provided by law for the marshal of the Territory of Oregon, and shall, in addition, be paid the sum of two hundred dollars annually as a compensation for extra services. Appointment Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the governor, secretary, °f Sm °m°°"S· chief justice, and associate justices, attorney, and marshal, shall be nominated, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appointed by the President of the United States. The governor and secretary to be appointed as aforesaid shall, before they act as such, respectively take Oath ofotiieo. an oath or animation before the district judge, or some justice of the peace in the limits of seid Territory duly authorized to administer oaths and afiirmations by the laws in force therein, or before the chief justice or some associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, to support the constitution of the United States, and faithfully to discharge